Let's keep cutting men's sports. Hey.... it's the economy now, not Title IX.
I find this reasoning amusing.
John Smith
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NCAA's Brand: Don't fault Title IX for Future Cuts
Author: ASA News
Blog URL: allstudentathletes.com/.../ncaabrandtitleix
Description:
Brand expects some schools to drop men's teams in coming months because
of the economic downturn. He is urging them in advance to cite the
economy, not the law that bans sex discrimination at schools receiving
federal funds.
Just a bit of trivia - A year ago, Forbes selected the most valuable college football teams in the country, stating as follows:
Our second annual ranking of the most valuable teams in college football is based on what the football programs contribute to four important beneficiaries: their university (the value of contributions from football to the institution for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for football players); athletic department (the net profit generated by the football program ultimately retained by the department); conference (the distribution of bowl game revenue); and local communities with a vested interest in the team (incremental spending in the county during home-game weekends). Our system weighs those four elements in declining order. This year's rankings were expanded from 15 to 20 teams.
www.forbes.com/.../notre-dame-fooball-biz-sports-cx_ps_1120collegeball.html
I did a comparison of the top 5 football programs in 2007 and looked at the most recent NCAA Div. I women's rankings and this is what I found:
Notre Dame football - produced $45.8 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 24th
Univ. of Texas football - produced $46.2 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 4th
University of Georgia - produced $43.5 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 1st
Michigan - 36.2 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 18th
Florida - $38.2 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 5th
Just a bit of trivia - A year ago, Forbes selected the most valuable college football teams in the country, stating as follows:
Our second annual ranking of the most valuable teams in college football is based on what the football programs contribute to four important beneficiaries: their university (the value of contributions from football to the institution for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for football players); athletic department (the net profit generated by the football program ultimately retained by the department); conference (the distribution of bowl game revenue); and local communities with a vested interest in the team (incremental spending in the county during home-game weekends). Our system weighs those four elements in declining order. This year's rankings were expanded from 15 to 20 teams.
www.forbes.com/.../notre-dame-fooball-biz-sports-cx_ps_1120collegeball.html
I did a comparison of the top 5 football programs in 2007 and looked at the most recent NCAA Div. I women's rankings and this is what I found:
Notre Dame football - produced $45.8 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 24th
Univ. of Texas football - produced $46.2 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 4th
University of Georgia - produced $43.5 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 1st
Michigan - 36.2 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 18th
Florida - $38.2 million PROFIT - women's swim ranking - 5th
